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Friday, 27 January 2017

When are you too old to work?

If I answered this question from the bottom of my heart,
I’d probably say it’s around about the time the nappies come off. Let’s face
it, age is irrelevant when the inclination to never clock a time card, lift a
shovel, educate the young, enter nonsensical data or stitch up cuts is forever
in the forefront of our lazy minds.

It is a rarity indeed to meet someone who actually enjoys
pulling time at a nine-to-five. Work is merely a consequence of existence, a
way of life we humans have propagated since the time of bartering and monetary
exchange. There is no such thing as a free ride and work has simply become a
fact of life.

So the question of what age is too old to reel in an
income really comes down to personal choice. Obviously there are physical
factors that come into play: disabilities, declining function of limbs, vision
impairment or mental faculties fading. These all play very relative roles in
whether or not you are simply too old to go on making a contribution to society
through paid exchange of work.

However, there has been plenty of research into the
decline of the elderly post retirement and these studies have actually proven
that as human beings we require purpose in order to function. So even if you
have decided to throw in the proverbial work towel because it’s becoming a drag
to tote your colostomy bag around, make sure you stay active—both physically
and mentally. You don’t want to kick the bucket weeks after you finally decide
to enjoy your retirement only to find your children will spend the inheritance
on booze and cheap strippers.

Needless to say, work as long as you enjoy it, as long as
you are physically and mentally capable and then make damn sure you spend all
your hard-earned cash on yourself and partner. Don’t leave an inheritance and
don’t worry about what happens when you’re gone, because life will almost
certainly always progress forward whether you work yourself to the bone or live
a life of relative happiness.

Sunday, 22 January 2017

I have been posed what I think might be a ‘light’
question of relativity, but is actually a very serious question when
considering the answer: Do girls matter and do we value them?

The natural inclination is to respond with of course: How
can girls not matter? They are the other half of this planet’s dominating
species and the natural-born creation in which the birth of human life is
propagated.

Girls or women, as I prefer to say, are the peanut butter
to a jelly sandwich, the hammer to a nail and the coffin to a grave. Without us,
there is just a sickly sweet, carb-loaded sandwich; a lonesome nail destined to
inflict tetanus without a proper home; and an empty grave in order for weeds to
grow.

Women are as relative as men are and equally important. Sure,
there are times when individuals are undervalued, for example: High-paid
careers, homemakers and schoolteachers, but in saying this, so are our male
counterparts. When was the last time you heard about a fantastic stay-at-home
dad who takes care of the house and virtually raises the kids while mum is at
work? When was the last time we valued the backbreaking work of our male
labourers—a job that (admit it girls) is physically beyond our capabilities?

All too often men and women are compared and yet we don’t
seem to stop and value the individual for their personal triumphs and academic
accomplishments. Why does this topic arise so often and when will we see
ourselves on equal ground that we never have to question whether or not girls
matter and are we valued?

I’m simply going to end this by saying, I am Kristy
Berridge—a girl and a human being—I am no more valuable than the kindly old man
that lives up the street or my single-mother neighbour doing it tough with a
teenager. We are all important and we all have credibility on this earth. The
sooner we start to believe this, the sooner we can stop competing.

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